. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. Skull, Femur, and Tooth. Tins herbivor- ous animal, related to the Dugong, lived by the sea-shore and the mouths of rivers. Remains have been found in every deposit above the Cal- caire Grossier (Middle Eocene). These specimens were discovered in the Miocene at Flonheim, Rhine Valley. Size, 8x8. Price, $ Zeuglodon cetoides, Owen. Two Teeth. No. 176. This carnivorous whale typified a distinct family intermediate between Cetacea proper and Sirenia. Its teeth
. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. Skull, Femur, and Tooth. Tins herbivor- ous animal, related to the Dugong, lived by the sea-shore and the mouths of rivers. Remains have been found in every deposit above the Cal- caire Grossier (Middle Eocene). These specimens were discovered in the Miocene at Flonheim, Rhine Valley. Size, 8x8. Price, $ Zeuglodon cetoides, Owen. Two Teeth. No. 176. This carnivorous whale typified a distinct family intermediate between Cetacea proper and Sirenia. Its teeth were first described by Scilla in 1747; in 1836 by Harlan under the names of Basilosaurus and Squalodon ; and in 1839 by Owen, who first determined the mammalian and cetacean na- ture of the animal. When full grown, it was probably seventy feet in length. The skull is long and narrow ; the nostril single and look- ing upward. The jaws are armed with teeth of two kinds, set wide apart: the anterior have subcompressed, conical, slightly recurved, sharp, pointed crowns, and are implanted by a ; single root; the posterior are larger with more ftllllfll'l i compressed and longitudinally extended crowns conical, but with a more obtuse point, and with both front and hind borders strongly notched \or serrated. The crown is contracted from side ^1 I llll^'l '* â Mlllllf to side in the middle of its base, so as to give its transverse section an hour-glass form. The generic name refers to this structure. The root of the posterior teeth has two fangs. The mode of succession conforms to the general mammalian type more than any existing carnivorous Cetacean; i. e.^the decid-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ward, Henry A. (Henry Augustus), 1834-1906. Rochester, N. Y. , Benton & Andrews, printers
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